The Phantom Heiress Rising From The Shadows

Chapter 1138:

Brenna said, “Alec, you really have some nerve. Do you remember how you kept me out of school as a kid, forcing me to stay home, sketching blueprints and making money for you? I will remember that forever. Renting a place for you is as far as my help goes. If you want a house, keep hoping. You still have your own children; ask them for a house.”

“I tried, but all I got were insults and bruises. They drove me away! That’s why I came to you. Would you really let me live on the street?” Alec asked angrily, sensing that Brenna also did not want to help him.

“Try taking your children to court. The law will force them to support you financially,” Brenna said coolly, her tone flat. Her gaze slid to her grandmother, who stayed silent through it all. “Grandma, I’ve still got work to handle. I’ll visit you tomorrow.”

She didn’t want to waste another second on Alec.

A heavy sigh left Joann, but she didn’t speak up for her son.

“Go on, young people like you always have things to do. I will not keep you,” she said.

enter the elevator from the doorway

room and confronting Joann, saying, “You know she respects you. If you’d just spoken up for me, Brenna would’ve agreed to my request. Why didn’t you say something for me

expected him to say this. He had been selfish since childhood, always thinking

you with your problems. You need to solve them yourself. Didn’t Brenna offer to rent you

rental and a few months’ grace. That’s nothing compared to owning a home. If I had a place of my own, you

Brenna to give you a house, talk to her on your own; I won’t be dragged

Alec stormed out, his anger

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inwardly. She thought that

him, he wants to take advantage of her again. But she has grown up, and he can’t push her around anymore.

just outside the hospital’s entrance, watching strangers pass him by, swallowed by